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[THE PISTONS]

(09-08-2019, 08:56 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: There was promise today but let's pump the breaks on talking about 10 wins.

--They played a team that had no film on them and as the game went on started to find ways to slow the Bengals down.

--The defense looked fired up but playing that hard and having nothing to show for it can sometimes break a team more then it brings them together.

--The absolute lack of a running game is going to be a concern as this season continues.

There is certainly improvement and it is nice to see some fire and passion from the team but there is still a lack of real talent on the O-line and in important moments (4th and less then 1) and the last drive, the O-line was exposed.

Yeah...teams will start to adjust to what we do once there is game tape. It's like when you fire an OC and bring another one in, there is a boost.

The defensive line did a GREAT job. Hubbard, Atkins, and Dunlap especially. Hubbard has good speed at defensive end and is around the ball a decent bit. He did miss a tackle or two, but still great hustle and effort.

Agree on the lack of running game. Seattle was bad against the run last year so not being able to run is concerning.

Our offensive line held up decent, but there was some pressure. Andre Smith got abused often. Hart got beat at the end on the strip sack. Jordan got beat too for a sack that I saw.

I didn't really notice Hopkins do anything good or bad...which may be good.

Some questionable play calls in the 2nd half. Running on 4th and 1 was questionable. Then when we got to the redzone they threw a short pass to Ross down by 4.